What is the most widely accepted and supported model for explaining the movement of phloem sap in flowering plants?

a. the translocation mechanism
b. the pressure-flow mechanism
c. the transpiration mechanism
d. the cohesion-tension mechanism


Ans: b. the pressure-flow mechanism

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